A late-first half interception by Garrett Shrader had us Syracuse Orange fans holding our breath after two quarters and a 10-3 deficit — the Army Black Knights controlled all the momentum and tempo up to that point.
Coach Dino Babers and the Orange entered Saturday’s game in search of a 4-0 start to the season and the program’s first non-conference sweep since becoming a non-independent team in 1991. Army came out fighting, maintaining possession on offense for 18 first-half minutes while establishing its post slow-pace, run-heavy offense.
But through adjustments on both sides of the ball, Syracuse scored 26 unanswered points to kick off the second half en route to a 29-16 victory, giving the Orange a second straight 4-0 start to a season in a historic day for the program.